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Danny Glover

22 Jul, 1946 in San Francisco, California, USA

Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best known for his co-starring lead role as Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series. Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles. He starred as the husband to Whoopi Goldberg's character, Celie in... the celebrated literary adaptation of The Color Purple, and as Lieutenant James McFee in the film Witness. He had leading roles in other films including To Sleep with Anger, Predator 2, Angels in the Outfield, and Operation Dumbo Drop. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his starring role in Charles Burnett's To Sleep with Anger. Also, he has had prominent supporting roles in Silverado, Witness, A Rage in Harlem, Dreamgirls, Shooter, Death at a Funeral, Beyond the Lights, Sorry to Bother You, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Dead Don't Die, Lonesome Dove and Jumanji: The Next Level. Glover earned top billing for the first time in Predator 2, the sequel to the science fiction action film Predator. During his career, he has also made several cameos, appearing, for example, in the Michael Jackson video "Liberian Girl" of 1987. In 1994, he made his directorial debut with the Showtime channel short film Override. Also in 1994, Glover and actor Ben Guillory founded the Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles, focusing on theatre by and about black people.

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Saw
74% (2004)
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Dreamgirls
67% (2006)
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Manderlay
69% (2005)
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Vagabonds
0% (2017)
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Gone Fishin'
49% (1997)
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The Drummer
70% (2020)
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Grand Canyon
65% (1991)
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Bat★21
63% (1988)
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Legendary
67% (2010)
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Mooz-lum
51% (2011)
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Pure Luck
55% (1991)
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LUV
59% (2013)
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Out
50% (1982)
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Dear Alice
58% (2010)
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Bopha!
51% (1993)
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3 A.M.
55% (2001)
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Mysteria
45% (2011)
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Sins
25% (2012)
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Extraction
51% (2013)
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Mandela
43% (1987)
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Rage
53% (2014)
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Supremacy
57% (2014)
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The Shift
50% (2013)
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Consumed
55% (2015)
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Bamako
69% (2006)
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Saw V
62% (2008)
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Darkweb
29% (2016)
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Mr. Pig
61% (2016)
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Gridlocked
60% (2016)
P.N.O.K.
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93 Days
58% (2016)
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Red Wind
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Come Sunday
58% (2018)
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Bàttu
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The Cookout
47% (2004)
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Strive
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The Stand-In
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Today
58% (1952)
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The View
45% (1997)
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ER
79% (1994)
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Hollywood Squares
65% (1998)
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Tony Awards
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Hollywood Squares
65% (1998)
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Ironside
52% (2013)
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The Bee
100% (2020)
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black-ish
73% (2014)

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